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Definition of Suttee

Suttee
Suttee Sut*tee", n. [Skr. sat[=i] a faithful wife, fem. of sant existing, real, true, good, p. pr. of as to be. Cf. Sooth.] 1. A Hindoo widow who immolates herself, or is immolated, on the funeral pile of her husband; -- so called because this act of self-immolation is regarded as envincing excellence of wifely character. [India] 2. The act of burning a widow on the funeral pile of her husband. [India] Note: The practice, though abolished in British India law in 1829, is not wholly prevented.

Meaning of Suttee from wikipedia

- Sati or suttee is a practice, a chiefly historical one, in which a Hindu widow burns alive on her deceased husband's funeral pyre, the death by burning...
- 1886 Samavat; and the 6th Jamadi-us-Sani 1245 Hegira. I. The practice of suttee, or of burning or burying alive the widows of Hindus, is revolting to the...
- information about Perfumerie Devalier. In Ancient India, a heinous widow commits suttee, a ritual of self-immolation. Alobar consoles a young girl, Kudra, who was...
- Barbara Ann Sutteer (Booher) is a Native American retired National Park Service (NPS) employee. Sutteer worked for the Federal Aviation Administration...
- and Culture, Cambridge University Press, Vol. 25, No. 1, p. 141, Quote: "Suttee, or sati, is the obsolete Hindu practice in which a widow burns herself...
- religious practices like human sacrifice or the obsolete Hindu practice of suttee. The Court stated that to rule otherwise, "would be to make the professed...
- example) the Americas, ancient Germania, and ancient Mesopotamia. Compare suttee.) Where grave goods appear, grave robbery is a potential problem. Etruscans...
- will be read a century hence: if they were all burnt as the grandest of Suttees on his funeral pile, it would be only like cutting down an oak after its...
- 141–158. doi:10.1017/S1060150300004678. JSTOR 25058378. S2CID 162954709. Suttee, or sati, is the obsolete Hindu practice in which a widow burns herself...
- *h₁es- ("to be"); compare Old English sōþ ("true"; see sooth). Doublet of suttee. Baháʼís consider humans to be naturally good, fundamentally spiritual beings...